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Let's get avant-garde and abstract - it's time to throw it back to 1970s downtown New York City for this week's Top 5 countdown. Dave Hanratty and Sonic Architect Adam Shanahan know next-to-nothing about this genre, so thankfully they have Dublin-based roustabout Skinner on board to take them through it. The multi-instrumentalist is fresh off tour in support of his debut album New Wave Vaudeville, which gets the official NO ENCORE 'go listen to this right after the podcast' seal of approval. ACT ONE (6:47): Skinner talks New Wave Vaudeville and falls prey to some impromptu quickfire quizzing. ACT TWO (33:02): This week's news section takes in the Oscars, Drake and Travis Scott witnessing John Cena's shocking heel turn, FIFA going full Super Bowl, ultra-brief Choice Prize chat, questionable auction items, and Dave's Sonic Challenge. ACT THREE (1:10:36): Top 5 No Wave.-Follow Skinner on Instagram Listen to New Wave Vaudeville on Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music

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Dust off your finest tuxedo and/or ball gown - we've got OSCAR FEVER this week~!Dave and Adam are joined by Lucien Waugh-Daly, host of the superb Boy Party podcast, to predict the big winners at this Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, and to celebrate the best songs that took home gold over the years. Despite the fact that Lucien thinks the award should be abolished, by the way. We've also got a busy news section and a particularly lively gig review, plus details of exciting upcoming Patreon projects - remember. it's a mere five euro a month for weekly bonus episodes, just hit up patreon.com/noencore ACT ONE: The preamble in which we ramble. ACT TWO (14:20): The boys report back from Touché Amoré's visit to Dublin, run the rule over this year's big Oscar contenders, assess Stormzy's attempting at clarification, detail why Disturbed frontman David Draiman sucks, and consider AI's ongoing threat to the creative arts. ACT THREE (1:03:47): Top 5 Best Original Song Oscar Winners. -Follow Lucien on Letterboxd / InstagramListen to the Boy Party Podcast

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He's finally come home. NO ENCORE is only delighted to welcome back Ireland's sharpest surrealistic humourist in the form of Peter McGann~! The boy has been busy, what with a brand new Sky comedy series and a nationwide tour both imminent. Thankfully, he's lost none of his zeal, especially when it comes to celebrating the work of filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, who takes centre stage as the focus of this week's Top 5.Elsewhere, there's all the usual news and views that you've come for. And if you crave even more NO ENCORE content, we have a brand new Film Club with Andy McCarroll all about copaganda cult favourite S.W.A.T., while Sonic Architect Adam is prepping a 'Spotify vs Apple Music' episode to land this Sunday - it's all happening on our Patreon page for a mere fiver a month!ACT ONE: Let's learn more about Peter's present endeavours. Also - Dave won a quiz!ACT TWO (25:53): A not terribly inspiring news week takes in Benny Blanco's horrific Valentine's Day surprise for Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift's Saturday Night Live battle, Adam's Formula 1 concert report, Mark Hoppus' lucrative Banksy pivot, Ozzy Osbourne's farewell show, and the re-opening of the Bono Box.ACT THREE (1:01:42): Top 5 Underrated Martin Scorsese Needle Drops.Small Town, Big Story trailerGet tickets for Peter's tour

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HAPPY VALENTINE'S! We're not doing anything romance-themed, sorry. This week, Dave and Adam are joined by freelance journalist Tessa Ndjonkou to celebrate 20 years of YouTube, and to ask - has it been a blessing or a curse for society at large? Throw in a lovingly composed news section and there's a LOT to discuss. And if you want even more NO ENCORE, consider signing up to our Patreon feed @ patreon.com/noencore - just five euro per month gets you weekly bonus content, including the imminent return of Film Club. Next up, Colin Farrell's 2003 ode to copaganda, S.W.A.T.~! As for this week's episode... ACT ONE (5:45): Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Half-Time show reviewed and debated, Rolling Stone's questionable Liam Payne cover story analysed, and Samantha Mumba versus the Eurosong panel - it's the week in music news. ACT TWO (1:01:54): Top 5 YouTube Videos.  Follow Tessa on InstagramFollow Tessa on LetterboxdDave's Trans Musicales festival review from 2013

Happy Post-Super Bowl Monday, one and all! In honour of Kendrick Lamar's latest public corpse-kill of Aubrey Drake Graham, we're re-sharing Craig Fitzpatrick's superb feud explainer from December. Yes, this is a shameless attempt to jump on a zeitgeist moment ahead of a lengthier discussion on Friday, sue us. Don't sue us, please. In fairness, Craig did such a good job it's worth listening to it again. Beforehand, Dave and Adam preview the next episode proper as well as Adam's latest Patreon deep dive - this time on the Boyzone documentary No Matter What. You can get that and plenty more bonus content for €5 a month at patreon.com/noencoreAll hail King Kendrick! 

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